Quotes about Musicians

"Feed the musician, and he's out of tune."
-George Crabbe

"I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's War and Peace everyday."
-Rufus Wainwright

"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."
-Duke Ellington

"Ideally, we will see something we recognize from the conductor's reading in the musicians' readings about two seconds later, and then in the audience's readings."
-Daniel Levitin

"The people at Apple fully understand the interaction between musicians and their audience."
-Jimmy Iovine

"The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something."
-Sam Rivers

"These were products that were going out and replacing sales of the legitimate product made by the musicians."
-Brad Buckles

"The well-deserved attention that Scott has enjoyed in the 1990s and 2000s has come not only from the jazz community, but from pop fans as well. I have met numerous rock and R&B musicians who aren't heavily into jazz but absolutely adore Jimmy Scott."
-Alex Henderson

"Most musicians I know cannot open up."
-John Fahey

"All of the musicians hope that this was not some sort of a charade to get us to the table and not reach an agreement and then blame us for a bankruptcy."
-Tim Zavadil

"What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians."
-Maxim Gorky

"They are both such good singers and musicians. It will be a real treat to have them back."
-Jeff Hyslop

"The next benefit will be even bigger and will have some surprise musicians and guests. Our support for the NVF is unwavering, and we will continue to help in any way we can."
-Pat Simmons

"You know the city's coming back. There's too much to preserve. There's too much history. There's too much music, too much jazz. Just the musicians themselves. There's thousands of them. All able, all able."
-George Brumat

"That gets you access to double to pool of actors, funding, musicians, whatever you need."
-Catherine Hardwicke

"Steve touched a lot of musicians here (in Greeley). It's heartwarming to me that everyone wants to help."
-Hal Pettit

"Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family."
-Sam Rivers

"In this business, TV is being taken up not by the true artists or the actors or the musicians any more, they are just being taken up by the common man, which gives everyone that feeling that there's a chance for me yet to be a star."
-Anastacia

"It becomes an annual family reunion ... a gathering point for musicians from all over the country."
-Mark Hansen

"You can definitely tell the growth of the band and how we've become tighter as musicians and friends."
-Cam Grenstiner

"We get all kinds of musicians. We teach, we exchange music, we jam. It's a social, fun thing to do."
-Sergio Morrell

"Growing around [great musicians], you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking."
-Whitney Houston

"CBGB always gave musicians a platform to say important things, ... It's time we did something to save one of New York's great institutions."
-Public Enemy

"That's how we came up with the name, it was songs that were from the beginning of our universe as musicians."
-Ricky Phillips

"We hear a lot of musicians, but Willie was the favorite of everybody who worked here. His voice was incredible, but his passion set him aside from everybody else."
-Patrick Mccoy

"This is my favorite combo of musicians. It's one of the finest jazz groups out there. I'm just proud to be in it."
-Chris Botti

"Jazz is a music that translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners."
-Herbie Hancock

"I do not believe in file sharing or illegally downloading music. I pay for all my music. I listen to music everyday. It is my life. I can not imagine violating musicians' rights by illegally obtaining it."
-Joe Avila